Johan Fourie @JohanFourieZA
Economic historian at Stellenbosch University. Author of 'Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom' (CUP). Posts at https://t.co/M8UdI5agh1 johanfourie.com Stellenbosch, South Africa Joined May 2009-
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I hope @Scienceofsport can help to explain: When @AkaniSimbine crosses the line, as the image below shows, its 38.3. Our final time: 38.68. How can the tv clock be so wrong?
This was the most outrageous industrial policy I’ve seen. And it almost worked. Introducing the great Trans-Saharan Ostrich Expedition. #econhist ourlongwalk.com/p/head-in-the-…
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I just finished organizing the schedule for my Fall 2025 course on Global Economic History. With only 26 lectures of 90 minutes (plus two midterms), one must make painful choices about what to leave out. Honestly, this should be a two-semester course. On the bright side, there’s…
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Take a look at this fantastic blog post - I deeply appreciate the connection between our Flow of Ideas paper and the two other accounts of the diffusion of ideas by @EconMattCurtis, David de La Croix and Caterina Chiopris
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